Israel

Perhaps
But taking what he has said at face value, I suspect confirmation bias is in play. We all need to be wary of that, I know I have to check myself, almost daily.

I ordered a new book over the weekend, The Chile Project

press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691208626/the-chile-project

After I pressed the button I looked at my books bought over the years and thought to myself am I reading books that I already agree with BEFORE I read them (title/author) and is there a pattern, or common thread.

I guess we are all guilty of it to a degree.

Boom boom.
What's the national dish in Andorra?

Alright smart ass. (You could have said anything because I have no idea 🤡).

I do catch the news on occasion.
I listen to the radio alot as I spend much time on the road.
I look at twitter.
Like I originally said, I haven't watched the news(hardly at all to be honest) on Israel v hamas, but I know the story.

My opinions are based on personal experience, a grasp on how military ops work, how terrorist organisations work, convos with old mates. Stuff like that.
I see the reports and see the bias. I see the reporters sewing a narrative. I know that there are occasions that what they tell us is not quite what is happening on the ground.

After the exchanges on here yesterday/Saturday, I have tuned into twitter to see what sky and BBC are reporting. Looped info as always with reporters on the ground. I did find the interview with Natasha Hausdorf and the Israeli ex PM to be revealing.
Check those out if you lot haven't already for a rare glimpse at our news channels inviting the 'wrong' guests.

BTW and this isn't meant to come across wrongly, I stand by my comments on covid and have some experience with the current topic. I'm a bit tired of arguing the same style with the same people tbf.
If RD thinks I'm a , that's cool, we are all different but very similar..

Ok
So, in reality, just like everyone else.

I guess the dividing line, if indeed there is one, you make statements as if they are fact without any references to source. Then you tend to compound this by (what reads like) sneering at those who offer a different opinion by using derogatory terms such as "Main Stream Media" whilst hinting that we are all stupid and are "sold a story". I think click bait is the generally accepted term.

Now it turns out, despite your protestations, you are exactly the same as the rest of us, you just form a different opinion.

Now we all have that straight we can move on.

I saw the interview with Natasha Hausdorff, she ate Katya Adler for breakfast. However, she's not exactly impartial herself having a degree from Tel Aviv University and working for Lawyers for Isreal, so her interpretation isn't necessarily true either.

The problem with Twitter is that bias, conscious or unconscious, isn't easily filtered out. Read past the headline and it's often worse than tabloid journalism. At least national broadcasters have guidelines and easily verifiable.

I saw the interview with Natasha Hausdorff, she ate Katya Adler for breakfast. However, she's not exactly impartial herself having a degree from Tel Aviv University and working for Lawyers for Isreal, so her interpretation isn't necessarily true either.

The problem with Twitter is that bias, conscious or unconscious, isn't easily filtered out. Read past the headline and it's often worse than tabloid journalism. At least national broadcasters have guidelines and easily verifiable.

Uk gov thinks rocket came from inside Gaza as well…..

www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/23/gaza-hospital-blast-caused-by-militants-rocket-uk-intelligence-sunak-israel-palestine

Channel 4 seemed to think differently last night. 

Not surprised, I don't think Sunak would state that if he didn't know for sure. At the very least the cause is undetermined so the initial headlines were misleading, causing great resentment and stoking tensions.